With the support of:wpZimmer Antwerp, Visegrad Artist Residency Program for Performing Arts (VARP-PA), MAAT Festival

photo: Jakub Wittchen

BLUR.close up seeks a visual and physical representation of the emotional condition in which we are deprived of the identified and universally accepted points of reference, in which we constantly experience (in the macro and micro scale) a fragmented reality filled with scratches of images and sounds, scraps of information, and splinters of ideas and ideology. Inspired by hand gesture of intentionally blurring a painting, the performance explores the possibility of ‘blurring’ in the context of the body and choreography.

Joanna Leśnierowska - It is since 2003 when, parallel to her work as dance writer and curator, Joanna has developed an independent practice as dramaturge and performance maker and often also light designer for her own works and works of other Polish and international artists. Holding MA in theatre science ( Jagiellonian University in Cracow) she was one of the first professional dance writers for leading Polish theatre journals, published on Polish dance abroad and lectured at the universities of Poznan and Cracow. In 2004 she has created first in Poland regular dance space/choreographic development center within Art Stations Foundation in Poznań (www.artstationsfoundation5050.com) where she continuously supports development of Polish dance artists.

In 2003-2009 Joanna co-created Towarzystwo Gimnastyczne (performance collective and association) within which she conceived and performed 3 full evening works: “whatever you wish” (2003) “Foreignlanguages-ness” (2005) and “NOTHING” (2007). She worked with Arkadi Zaides, Lia Haraki, Márta Ladjánszki, Jurij Konjar, Janusz Orlik, Renata Piotrowska and Maria Stokłosa a.o. In 2011 she created her first fully-own performance, Reconstruction. In 2013 she worked with Janusz Orlik on Insight, which was awarded the Best Choreography prize at the Polish Dance Platform in 2014. In January 2014 she premiered her trio “...(rooms by the sea). From the series Exercises in Looking”. In 20015/2016 she conceived an run an exchange The Yanka Rudzka Project between Polish and Salvador (Brasil) dance communities. Following artistic ideas of lately discovered Polish choreographer, it brought together dancers/choreographers into creative dialogue fueled by the traditional culture/dances of both countries. One of main outcomes of the project was premiere of group choreography “Semente” at VIVADANÇA festival in Salvador (April 2016).

How to get to Art Stations Foundation?

Art Courtyard (Dziedziniec Sztuki)

The seat of Art Stations Foundation is located in Stary Browar. The easiest way to reach all the Foundation areas is from Art Courtyard which connects Atrium with Walkway (Pasaż) and is adjacent to Stary Browar Park.

Art Stations Foundation Office

The Foundation Office is in the Słodownia building, on the 3rd floor. The entrance to the office is located in Atrium, opposite the Hector&Karger boutique.

Studio Słodownia +3 and Performative Programme Office

The entrance to the Performative Programme area is closer to the Walkway (Pasaż) area, between the restaurants Weranda and Piano Bar. Once you are in the Słodownia building, turn right before the Orska salon and take the lift or stairs to the 3rd floor (Studio Słodownia +3) or to the 4th floor (the Office).

Art Stations gallery (galeria Art Stations)

The gallery (galeria) building is in the heart of Art Courtyard (Dziedziniec Sztuki), closest to Stary Browar Park. The entrance is to the left of the exit from Walkway (Pasaż).